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to start be taking illinois's primary. romney easter if ied of another loss, and he spent the day calling santorum an economic light weight. santorum says picking romney is like picking -- also, what do romney and santorum think the u.s. should do or country should do in afghanistan? should we stay or go? it's hard to tell. romney said he is not ready to take a stand. it's ease to to criticize obama from the cheap seats. why do republicans blame obama for high gas prices? because they can. and even though republican claims are misleading or dishonest, the obama camp is very worried about gas prices and the potential political fallout this november. it was two years ago this week that president obama signed his law for health care. tonight, we'll look at how the president fought back against people in congress putting one thing above everything else, so see president obama fail. finally, what can brown do for you? not much if you're rick santorum, talking about scott brown and his dirty joke about santorum and his view on contraception. we have a panel with us tonight. let's look at the la

, he'll have to start by taking tomorrow's illinois primary. romney is terrified of another upset loss and he spent the day referring to santorum as another economic lightweight. santorum said romney would be like tweeddlum versus tweedlede. should we stay in afghanistan? should we go? romney admitted yesterday he's not ready to take a stand. i guess it's easy to criticize president obama from the cheap seats until they come up with a coherent plan. plus oil consumption is up but it's actually down this year. make no mistake. the obama camp itself is very worried about gas prices and the potential fought this november. it was two years ago this week when president obama signed his health care into law, putting an exclamation point on the most controversial battle in congress. tonight we're talking about congress and brown do for you. i'm talking about scott brown, the senator from massachusetts and his dirty little joke about santorum and contraception. we begin with the battle in illinois. the co-authors of "game change" as well as msnbc political analysts. likely political voters in

gender gap for romney. that's why ana romney is out there trying to make him look good. she's the second best romney out there right now. the republicans need to close that gender gap. that's why we have people like mccain saying we need to get off these issues. >> they're striking back and claiming that obama has a war on women. are we going to see this peter out? >> i suspect so. i violence against women act is going to be renewed in the senate. you're going to have a very difficult time if you're a republican voting against that. you have john mccain, michael brought up the fact that we're three white guys standing here and doing this, but john mccain is a senator. there is some power hearing three white men saying women's rights have to be protected in this election. >> the only correction i'll make to that is i'm olive-kin-skinned. cee-lo is at a fundraiser for president obama. [singing] [singing] >> he apologized later saying, hey, i should have sung the clean version of that at the fundraiser. he wasn't really flipping off the crowd but he was singing the song, which drives me cra

roberts. we get straight to it starting on the agenda today. mitt romney desperate to lock up the front-runner title in the battle for the republican nomination and avoid falling flat with illinois voters. romney padded his delegate league with a win in puerto rico and is hoping to keep that going. >> i must bet the margin was just about as good. i need only one thing from you this morning, no, two. i need some pancakes and, number two, number two, i need you to go vote tomorrow. >> so we're not talking about pancakes over the weekend. romney made much use of the word economic lightweight. using that phrase to link both rick santorum and president obama. >> i believe itch the best chance and perhaps the only chance of actually replacing barack obama as the president of the united states. >> so not taking that one lying down. rick santorum hit back with these words on "morning joe." if i'm a lightweight, i agree, he's a heavyweight. is a big government heavyweight. that's what he said his record was. we need someone who understands that washington isn't the answer to our proble

time to later. airs an hour coming up on c-span and ,a campaign event with mitt romney. a look ahead to the illinois primary on tuesday. at 11:00, "q&a" with walter williams. the c-span networks will show several live events on monday. the u.s. chamber of commerce will host a forum for the world trade organization. among the panelists, the c most fromisco, boeing, and microsoft. on c-span3, coverage of an education conference. participants including a arne duncan will talk about ways to increase high-school graduation rates and preparing young people for college and the work force. coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >> three days ago, bombs were dropped on a neighboring village. when we got there, we found children filled with shrapnel including a 9-year-old boy who had both of his hands blown off. as we travelled further north, we were greeted by hundreds of villagers with signs. as we met with their leaders, we were also met with 3 300 millimeter rockets fired overhead. people ran into caves for their safety. that happens every day. these are not the cave people of nuba. they li

, a campaign event with mitt romney. a political roundtable discussion looking ahead to illinois's primary on tuesday. after that, the launch of a campaign to reduce corporate money and influence in the elections. fbi director testified about the president's $8.2 billion budget request in 2013. the c-span that works will show several live events on monday. the u.s. chamber of commerce will host a forum looking at business priorities this year for the world trade organization. business representatives from microsoft and boeing. on c-span3, and education conference. participants including the secretary of education will talk about increasing high school graduation rates. live coverage begins at 8:00. >> 15 bombs were dropped on a neighboring village. when we got there, we found children filled with shrapnel, including a nine-year-old boy who had both of his hands blown off. as we travelled further north, where were greeted by hundreds of villagers carrying signs. as the mets with their leaders, we were met with 300 millimeter rockets fired overhead. we witnessed hundreds of people running to

. >> sunday, there were charges traded, and a big win for the front-runner. mitt romney scored a convincing win over rick at the pr primaries. than 50% of the vote. arey the way, 20 delegates ours. >> mitt romney left the island on saturday. s off to illinois. illinois is crucial if mitt romney is going to stop the momentum for rick santorum. willingnessate your to vote on tuesday. i need your vote on tuesday. >> he continued to question rick santorum's economic credentials. >> i do not think we will replace an economic light weight another economic light weight. day, when i talk folks, i hear the same thing over and over again. i am praying for you. >> santorum challenged mitt a one-on-one debate. he has been turning down every single debate. he is hiding behind a billionaires' fronting his super pac. start with puerto rico. was that a big deal? 20 delegates? >> it was a big deal for two reasons. by giving more than 50% of the vote, he was guaranteed all the delegates. none for rick santorum. this is shaping up into a mathematical race for delegates. it is also significant that e has been

-proclaimed senator racked up zero delegates in puerto rico sunday while mitt romney got a big boost in illinois. alisha, what we've seen here is that now, mitt romney has well over 10% of his lead just from these territories. what happened in puerto rico? >> i think the big story that everyone missed was governor luis fortuna calling out his troops. he scheduled his primary the same day as this presidential be primary meaning his entire party was showing up voting for mitt romney. what you now see romney doing is saying i won puerto rico. clearly i can doing well with latinos. just because you win the island of puerto rico doesn't mean su win puerto ricans in the i 4 corridor. >> jimmy, does this victory have any legs? >> not really. puerto ricans traditionally vote democratic. cuban-americans traditionally vote republican. you can't vote into an island and tell people they can't speak the language and expect to carry the people. so that's a problem for rick santorum. mitt romney did what he needed to do, fine. doesn't mean a hell of a lot. now we'll go to april and d.c., maryland and some of t

todd. let's get to my first read of the morning. in less than 48 hours, mitt romney gets his next midwestern test. can rick santorum do what he's done in every midwestern battleground state yet and turn it into a nail biter. romney started his day in illinois with another win under his belt. he walked away with landslide victory in puerto rico's primary. romney said that his victory signaled republicans can win hispanic voters in november. >> this isn't some little island. it's 4 million people. if it were a state, it would be the 25th largest state in the country. those people who don't think that latinos will vote for republicans need to take a look in puerto rico. >> santorum who made a tactical choice to take two days away from campaigning in illinois to try to keep romney's puerto rico delegate number down released a statement allegedly in congratulations but saying "we know mitt romney will do and say anything to get votes and this is just another example of that. i think 90% of americans who believe english should be the official language of this country must be wondering w

frontrunner mitt romney continues to vow that if elected he will repeal it on day one. >> this president believes that federal bureau democrats could do a better job than you can, deciding what should be in your insurance policy and ultimately what kind of care you should receive. >> given romney's own experience in massachusetts, however, he may be a flawed messenger. according to the republic attorney general of virginia ken cuccinelli. he has not endorsed anyone in the g.o.p. primary battle brought one of the first lawsuits against the president's reform and says nominating the author of romney care will back fire. >> it doesn't have the power politically to motivate people to vote or volunteer that someone who has been a permanent opponent does. i mean, you are effectively giving that issue up if you select romney as the nominee. we may be doing that. >> for two years the white house has said the more the public learns about the law the more they like it. why are the poll numbers so bad? he blames it on attack ads. they still believe this is about messaging, not the subject of the la

santorum on the campaign trail in illinois one day before the primary there. mitt romney at the university t and the u.s. economy. mitt romney winning in puerto rico over the weekend with its 20 delegates. now all roads lead to illinois tomorrow. a key primary battle in the road to the white house. welcome to hour one of "washington today" here on c-span radio. i'm steve scully. in france a massive man hunt is under way and the terrorism alert has been raised to a higher level across much of the southern part of the country. a man on a motorcycle this morning opening fire with two handguns today in front of a jewish school, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a girl. >>> news on politics today as president obama picking up the pace of his fund raising for his re-election bid. his campaign collecting $45 million in february. nearly twice as much as the $23 million per month he averaged during the final three months of 2011. the president has $75 million in the bank through the end of january. we're going to be hearing a lot about the budget and the economy in the coming days. tomorrow c

does not have the big banks, goldman sachs, boycotting him, and, number one contributor to romney right now and other companies you see, g.e., and the c.e.o. on his competitive council, his outside chief executive advisor and g.e. contributions were big in 2008 but they have given twice as much to romney as obama. that is interesting. >>neil: g.e. has given twice as much? >>reporter: to romney. >>neil: but the c.e.o. is a big advisor to the president. >>reporter: and we should point out sources tell the fox business network and these are sources that are close to him, but he is disenchanted. i don't spent him to go public with this but to friends he is saying he will vote for romney. >>neil: and who giving the $3.2 million to the president. >>guest: google executives. silicon valley groups more liberal, microsoft is up this. >>neil: the tech guys are still, like hollywood, inclined. >>reporter: and universities. comcast is in the list with an interesting thing, g.e. uses to be and comcast now owns nbc and universal and they are among the top ... there they are. but time warner is there,

as the nominee of this party, you must vote for mitt romney. >>> clarence, we'll start with you. you see that video, that takes some shots from santorum from times years back. how will voters react to that video now that romney is using it? will they see him as being hypocritical here? >> well, for santorum's sake, he can hope that the voters have short memories about how romney was the conservative candidate four years ago. this year he's viewed by much of a party much too moderate. it shows how much the party has been moved to the right. that's important in i willinois which traditionally has been a great state for moderates. santorum has a chance of giving romney a big shot there in that state or romney could continue his momentum. >> the issue of mitt romney, the front-runners being called into question in terms of how soon he will take up that status. the front page of the "new york times" yesterday hitting on that point, talking about how the candidates are preparing for a brokered convention even though here is what john mccain and rnc chairman said earlier. >> i don't th

romney and rick santorum crisscross the state rally for votes. >> were on the took all 20 delegates in order rego buried would go live to washington for a look at how the illinois race is shaping up. >> the latest polling gives mitt romney the lead, but it is a lot closer than expected. >> the fight is on in illinois, and it is essentially a two-man race. >> i need your help. i want to make sure i can become your nominee. >> mitt romney met with voters in springfield. he kept his attack its aim at president obama. >> he has put us deeper in debt, slowed the recovery, and harmed the economy. >> rick santorum hosted rallies and dixon and rockford. >> this could be an amazing time in history. right here in illinois, you can assure that in and surprise the pundits. >> he supported the wall street bailout. >> the romney camp has a new video out highlighting santorum's support for romney in 2008. >> if you want a conservative as the nominee of this party, you must vote for mitt romney. >> polls give romney the edge but put santorum within striking distance. >> a mitt romney win here will

. >>> first, though, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. >>> mitt romney heading into the illinois presidential primary on the heels of a weekend win on the isle of enchantment, puerto rico. according to the associated press, the former massachusetts governor won the u.s. territory with 83% of the vote after spending two days campaigning on the island last week, rick santorum came in a distant second with 8%. 83-8, romney takes home all of puerto rico's 20 delegates. that brings his total haul to 463 delegates. more than 270 more than santorum. the romney campaign is hoping it will help attract more of the latino vote moving forward. this is important because the santorum -- the romney campaign, i should say, it's all about delegates and math. the illinois primary a day away. the latest polls show romney with a slight lead over santorum in illinois. santorum maintains he will be the republican nominee arguing that romney is too similar to the man republicans are trying to replace. >> the more i look at the record of governor romney and match it up against

media's effort to convince the nation that mitt romney is inevitable it just collapsed. >> if i am a weak front runner, what does that make newt gingrich? >> if you give it these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle-class again. >> is there really a war on women? >> we women have a serious problem with the republican party. >> the massacre in afghanistan. and the new hbo movie "game change." >> i never want to deal with that woman again. >> how true enough to live? >> true enough to make me squirm. >> do you know what the fed is? captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> on super tuesday it, mitt romney inched by rick santorum in ohio, a must-win state in the general election. why oh why did he ever leave ohio? ricmitt romney did windy awlaki : this is an american -- win the awlaki : this is an american samoa. >> in both states, conservative candidates th about 50% of the vote, and if you are the front runner and you keep coming in third, you are not much of a front runner. >> by the way, last night i got more delegates than any

, rick santorum and mitt romney are campaigning hard ahead of the prom primary. >> reporter: mitt romney greeted voters in illinois explaining why he should win the state's gop primary. >> i had to get us the energy on the ground we needed to keep the money, that's spent buying energy from other people, keep it here. put people to work. >> reporter: romney rolls in to the next contest with momentum from his overwhelming victory over the weekend. >> 20 delegates, all delegates that were in the contest are ours. >> reporter: holding on to more delegates than all his rivals combined. romney is stepping up calls for hopefuls to step aside. his chief challenger, rick santorum vows he will fight to the end. >> the convention will nominate a conservative, not the mad rat candidate from massachusetts. >> reporter: san tom claims romney is outspending him 10- 1 ahead of the primary in illinois. >> mitt romney is systematically run a negative campaign, no positive vision for this country, and spends billionaire dollars to tear down every opponent in his path. >> reporter: the battle shaped up as a

you so much and god bless this great land. [ applause ] thank you. >> mitt romney at the university of chicago talking about the issue which has been driving his campaign and his candidacy, rick santorum in the hometown of ronald reagan, dixon, illinois, 54 delegates at stake. welcome to washington today here on c span radio. we'll hear more from both of the republican candidates competing in tomorrow's illinois primary. after illinois it is on to louisiana with a weekend primary. mitt romney winning 20 delegates over the weekend in puerto rico. meanwhile, the lawyer representing the army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghans including nine children met with the soldier today at the military's maximum security prison in kansas. attorney john henry brown saying that his three-hour talk with robert bales included an emotional description of what happened on the ground in afghanistan. bales is yet to be charged. he is being held in an isolated cell. here in washington we're going to hear much more on the debt and deficit as congressman paul ryan the chair of the house budget com

. >>> republican rivals trading insultings on this the eve, romney calls santorum an economic light weight, romney calls santorum a light weight finance year. and anna says he was held captive for months by militants. and apple -- should it be employing americans to make those devices at home instead of paying cheap wages in china? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> we're only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. >> the top two gop contenders are practicing their own brand of chicago style politics on this day before the illinois primary and both rick santorum and mitt romney are proving to be untouchable. >> reporter: the battle for the gop nomination has come to illino

romney and rick santorum hope to score big in tomorrow's key midwest primary. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, march 19, 2012. >>> good morning, everybody, good to be with you. i'm tyrell brown. it's the last full day of winter but for most of the country it already feels like spring. in some places even summer. temperatures could hit record highs from the northern plains to the east coast today. but winter's end isn't just mild, it's turning wild. today the nation's midsection is on alert for a new bout of severe weather. funnel clouds were spotted sunday evening in southwestern oklahoma. these storms lasted just a few minutes and only damaged some power lines. another tornado was reported in nebraska. it damaged at least two homes but no injuries were reported. tornado warnings were up in central ohio sunday when cameras caught this, a bolt of lightning striking near downtown columbus. today severe thunderstorms are in the forecast for an area extending from south texas to the northeast. the threat of tornadoes is greatest in central texas, oklahoma, kansas and nebr

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> mitt romney trounced rick santorum in port eek reek owe and he knows a big win illinois would pad the commanding lead. >> we used to say vote early and vote often. that happens to be a chicago line as well, doesn't it? yeah, yeah, yeah. >> santorum's closing pitch, a poke at the former illinois senator who now lives in the white house. >> you have a particular obligation to write a wrong here in the state of illinois. >> there are 54 delegates at stake tuesday in the state of illinois. a look at the math shows you time is running short for anyone else trying to stop governor romney. you need 1,144 to clinch. governor romney is 519, not halfway but look how commanding the lead is. senator santorum is second and gingrich 139 and romney with a big lead. if you look at the remaining delegates, 996 allocated to date. that leaves just shy of 1,300. we're almost to the halfway point in the delegates awarded and illinois will get closer to that. if you are behind romney, you're running short. mitt romney is the leader now in the delegate chase and he has right

background. he's made his life in government. >> mitt romney and barack obama are the same. this is man who doesn't understand conservative principles. he doesn't have a core. >> ouch. >> i expect you guys to behave yourselves. >> done bet on it. t politicians gone wild. spring break 2012. >>> here is the first day of spring break for many schools and campuses. for the men of 2012, things are getting wild on the campaign trail as the gop contest narrows like the funnel on a beer bong, it's especially hairy for the man who continues to expose himself as a hard line con sefbtive, rigid rick santorum. while mitt romney rocked puerto rico with a major victory there, santorum came away with sunday's primary with a little more than a suntan. santorum spent sunday at lsu in baton rouge rounding out his obliques with a work out at the batting cage. santorum was looking to get at shot at southern comfort with louisiana's primary coming up on saturday. first, it's illinois where santorum campaigned ahead this morning ahead of that state's primary tuesday and gave prop to to his mrs., the coupon clipp

likely opponent in the fall, mitt romney is still actually saying he would go bigger. >> that's in iran. what about that? >> politically there is nothing in it for the president to pull the plug on his own oils the >> politically or realistically over there? >> there are costs there too, but in terms of domestic policy i don't think he pays a price for -- >> people will wait it out so long as they see he's focused on the economy and jobs. >> if they think there is a strategy they'll stick with it. if -- the minute they think this isn't, they'll be gone. chris: and before we break, gas prices could become a huge issue in the fall. fortunately there are no gas lines like in the years when it killed jimmy carter. >> how many of you think jimmy carter is doing a good job on the energy situation? amy and rosslyn? ok. [laughter] how many think he's doing a bad job? [applause] how many of you think he should be pumping gas? chris: carter tried fireside chats in cardigan sweaters hoping that conservation would make him look better. "saturday night live" wasn't making -- taking it seriously. i'm

romney the real winner this morning beating rick santorum in puerto rico's prienl mary. gets all 20 delegates in that case since he won more than 50 percent of the vote there. here is the new delegate count. 521 delegates. rick santorum 253 newt gingrich 136 and ron paul 50. 1,154 delegates are -- 1,144 are need to do win the nomination. >> army staff sergeant robert bales expected to be charged with the massacre this week. he will meet with his lawyer for the first time today. his lawyer all right pleading his client's case. >> he has 3 or 4 deployments has some poerm of ptsd. i know he had a head injury. it may be more serious than ptsd. >> his family release ago statement saying they are quote stunned but stand behind the man they know is a devoted husband, father and dedicated member of the armed services. >>> late last night a severe storm tearing through parts of oklahoma. here you are looking at brand new video of these tornados tearing through willow, oklahoma. twisters he twisters hail and heavy winds expected today. so far no injuries have been reported. >>> airline passen

begin with your top stories. mitt romney coming off a rout of rick santorum in puerto rico. but santorum is insisting the nomination is his, if he pulls off an illinois upset. >>> spring nearly sprung. what the heck is this? no joke. more in an a foot of snow on the ground in flagstaff, arizona. more on the way, too. bizarre. a major late winter storm shutting down the interstate 40 for nearly 200 miles. >>> in nebraska and oklahoma, the trouble is tornadoes. look at this. storm chasers captured this twister in the town of willow, oklahoma. reynolds wolf is tracking all of the severe weather. >> dozens of occupy wall street demonstrators arrested in ugly pictures in lower manhattan. they're trying to reoccupy the park. >>> and how sweet it is. the sweet 16 is set after 11th seeded north carolina state, upseeded georgetown. up next for n.c. state, kansas on friday. >>> we begin with breaking news from france. three people, two children, have been killed on a shooting outside of a jewish school in toulouse, france. several people were reportedly injured by this gunman. security has been or

hours before the polls close in in illinois, it looks like another romney sweep. to me, he looks unstoppable. but santorum's not backing down. take a listen. >> i don't care what the unemployment rate's going to be. it doesn't matter to me. my campaign doesn't hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates. >> and folks, apple issues a new dividend plan, a stock buyback. the stock went up today to close above 600 bucks. but besides techs, what about banks which also climbed? >>> but we begin tonight with one key component in this fight to get gasoline prices under control. it's become issue number one for voters and the economy as we move into the spring. we'll debate whether the president's doing all he can in just a moment. but first up tonight, cnbc's own sharon epperson sets it all up with a report on how much capacity this country's gasoline refiners really have. good evening, sharon. >> good evening, larry. we've seen a dramatic reduction. we're now looking at gasoline futures that are near their highest levels since april of last year. we're talking about a 27% increase in t

. puerto rico participÓ en la contienda electoral republicana. romney arrasÓ en la votación. la participaciÓn fue modesta. el nÚmero de votantes. los que lo eligieron a romney no podrÁn votar por Él como presidente en noviembre. tenemos algunos detalles de esto. >> el precandidato republicano agradeciÓ a la buena gente de puerto rico por su apoyo, pero sobre todo al gobernador fortuÑo es una figura a nivel popular que le garantizÓ gran parte del Éxito. >> nuestro respeto a la comunidad hispana, que quiere crear empleos aquÍ, quiere protegernos del trÁfico de droga, pero respeta la bondad del pueblo con respecto al estatus. >> precisamente el tema del estatus que domina la polÍtica local, se extendiÓ al concurso republicano. el comentario del conservador santoro de que si puerto rico quiere la estabilidad, el inglÉs debe ser el idioma primordial. perdiÓ sus posibilidades en la primaria. >> sencillamente gingrich no compitiÓ. >> los portorriqueÑas que ejercieron el derecho a voto no pueden votar en la elecciÓn presidencial. no obstante la campaÑa de romney busc

>> right now at 5:00, mitt romney has been declared the winner in the puerto rican primary today. can he get enough delegates to nail down the gop nomination before the republican convention? why some people in the party may be getting ready for a floor fight. also police and friends continue to search for a teenage girl missing for three days. the bay area saw plenty of rain this last week. we'll show you one city that has less than most. the news at 5:00 starts right now. >> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. the search continued in morgan hill for a missing 15-year-old girl who disappeared friday on the way to school and nbc bay area spoke with the girl's mother today. stephanie is in morgan hill with the latest. >> reporter: hi, diane. you can see the sheriff's command post. we're at the border of morgan hill. this is day three of the search and still nothing. they focus their efforts on the fields around here. they were out here in the morning with dogs looking for any traces of 15-year-old sierra lamar. the problem is she never has run away. the family said there were no home t

. mitt romney had a pretty good weekend but could his luck hold out as candidates campaign ahead of the primary. sandra, so what is the latest? >> reporter: it was another win for mitt romney over the weekend. he won more than 80% of the vote in puerto rico taking all of the 20 delegates in that territory. now mitt romney and rick santorum are duking it out trying to get their message out to voters. >> this could be an amazing time in american history and right here in illinois. you can usher that. you can surprise the pundits. >> this is not about me. this is about the feeding president obama and his agenda and turn returning -- returning america to free enterprise. >> reporter: romney touted his business background. >> i'm someone experienced in the economy. i'm not man economic lightweight. president obama s we'rement going to be successful in replacing an economic lightweight with another economic lightweight. >> reporter: while santorum took to the radio airwaves to tell voters that he is the better man for the job. >> i believe if we can win here in illinois, that will pier

queen mattresses start at just $699. >> i'm bret baier in for chris wallace. mitt romney looks to lock up the republican presidential nomination. but many key tests remain. we'll talk with the gop front runner about the primary's end and get into his policy solutions for america. mitt romney, a fox news sunday exclusive. then actor george clooney brings awareness of a war torn region to washington. he opens up about what he saw along the border of sudan and south sudan and about how people there need help. chris wallace sits down with george clooney and john prendergast. the president and vice president both hit the campaign trail hard. we'll ask our sunday panel if the timing is right for the white house to ramp up reelection efforts. and we'll take a look at how the candidates are scrambling for delegates on the trail. all right now on fox news sunday hello again from fox news in washington. it's another busy campaign weekend. puerto rico votes today. then on tuesday, all eyes will be on illinois. joining us from moline to talk about where the race stands now is mitt romney. governor

in a state where recent polling shows him trailing governor mitt romney by a few points. governor romney may have found added momentum with his win, he captured 83% of the vote, all 20 delegates. rick santorum was not able to garner much support. his own camp admitted damage was done when he told a local newspaper speaking english should be a requirement for puerto row coto gain state hood. "rick santorum has a consistent show and when he went to puerto rico and took a locally unpopular --" it's hard to get through it. >> shocking. >> "mitt romney on the other hand switched another of his positions to gain favor in puerto rico saying puerto ricans shouldn't have to learn english if they want to become a state." romney has twice as many delegates as any other candidates. tally he stands at 518 for governor romney. senator santorum with 239, newt gingrich has 139 and ron paul has 69 delegates for that congressman. so we're going to get to alice stewart in a moment. first let's talk about what we have heard from rick santorum. he is promising as he goes into this that if he wins illinois he wil

.84 overnight. a third of the country is paying more than $4 a gallon. mitt romney saying the white house energy team must go. >> this gas hike trio has been doing the job the last 3 1/2 years and gas prices are up. the right course is they have to be fired. bill: president obama's team hitting back saying the candidates will say anything for a vote. >> the notion we can drill our way out of this or if we say that the gas prices will go down. newt gingrich's $2.50 a gallon. that's snake oil talk and the american people know the difference. bill: joining me now, stuart varney of the fox business network. how high is the trend? >> people are projecting by may, six weeks away, everybody will be paying $4 a gallon for regular gasoline and some people will be paying $5 a gallon of gasoline. that's the projection by the experts as we head into the future. right now regular unleaded costs $3.84, that's the national average, but we keep on going up and up and up all wait through this year, that's been the trend. bill: where are you or where are the experts finding where the issue of rising gas prices is

is at the center for the battle of the republican nomination for president. mitt romney and rick santorum are campaigning hard there. it rambled kingston tell us that rick santorum is not backing down. >> mitt romney greeted voters in illinois explaining why he should win the state's gop primary >> i will get us the energy out of the ground we need so, we can keep the money that being spent buying energy, keep it here and put people to work >> he rolls into the new contest with new momentum with overwhelming victory in pr over the weekend >> all of the delegates in that contest are hours of that is good news >> he is holding on to all delegates been all his rivals combined >> his campaign has stepped up calls for other republican to step aside but his chief rival the house that he will fight until the end >> it will nominate a conservative, not the establishment moderate from massachusetts >> rick santorum claims mitt romney is outstanding in 10-1 each. it is >> is mitt romney who systematically has run a negative campaign and has had no positive vision for the country and spends billions

us. today," regaining mow meant item. mitt romney scores a resounding win in porcello's republican primary. >>> brink of disaster. newly released video captures the sheer terror of an ef-4 toernd. >>> and indian iron man. a former mr. universe celebrates a big milestone. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with an overwhelming win. mitt romney rakes in all of porcello's 20 delegates on sunday after walking away with more than 50% of the republican's primary vote and now the spotlight is on illinois. tracie potts joins us with more on this. good morning. >> good morning. illinois's primary is going to be a little different than what we've seen so far. it's not winner take all. it's not proportional. they have separate votes for the president and for the delegates. the popular vote does not determine who gets those delegates. illinois's the necked by prize. tomorrow's republican primary will decide most of the state's 69 delegates. >> if we're able to come out with a huge surprise win, guarantee you, i guarantee you

and mitt romney &pcampaigning hard today. romney's lead in iilinois has been narrrwing in recent days toowhere his margin over rick santorum is now at &psii-point-foor percent. the latest real clear pplittcs average shows romney with thirty-seven-point-seven percent to santorums thirty- one-point-three percent with gingrich lagging far behind at thirteen-point-three and paul at sevvn--oint-three percent. romney has been outspenning his rivvl by a seven to one margin in illinois, relying in part on what has worked for him in other states - strrng attack ads and pointed barbs at his adversary. today at a &ppancake brunch in moline, economii background to that of president obama's.romney says: "senator santorum, i think, has the same characteristic as thee president in terms of his background, spent his life in government. nothing wrong with that, but right now we need economy fundamentally. senattr santorum has the same economic llghtweight background that the presiieet has." santorum, meanwhile, delivered a sttong pro-life speech at a church gatherrng of about onn thousand wo

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romney has 20 more reasons to smile this morning after winning the island of puerto rico, their primary. rick santorum says tomorrow is another day. >> if we're able to come out of illinois with a huge or surprise win, i guarantee you, i guarantee you we will win this nomination. >> but did rick santorum forget about the deal he made with romney's campaign? it could cost him the state. details straight ahead. >> all right. can cell phone interference or an ipad game really take down an airplane? >> what? >> the f.a.a. is about to find out. they're rethinking the old policy. that could be good news if you're flying right now. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> ok, melissa? >> thank you very much, dr. ruth. she's saying hello to you. >> she hasn't been on our show for quite sometime. melissa francis is finally here. >> thank you. thank you. i'm so excited to be here. my family is watching at home. boys, brush your teeth before you go to school. >> your kids are not up. >> they said they're going to watch it on tivo from the beginning. my 5-year-old likes to kiss the girls at schoo

night and we're looking forward to getting answers to those questions. >>> mitt romney heads into tomorrow's primary with 20 more delegates thanks to a win at puerto rico. he gets closer to the 1,144 needed to clinch the nomination. he's currently at 519. rival rick santorum obviously is doing everything he can to stop romney from getting there. the former pennsylvania senator asked on cbs about chances the race will end up at a brokered convention and here's what he said about it. >> i think obviously they're increasing with congressman gingrich staying in the race and congressman paul staying in the race. we see in these caucuses that each of them and even some of the primaries, they pull delegates. our delegate calculation has governor romney far below 50%. we think that there's a lot of primaries coming up, including pennsylvania, my home state, where we can make some very big delegates. texas is going to be another great state for us. >> for every candidate, there's a lot of self interest to spin. does he have a point? john and bill burton joins us tonight. good to see a

to be filed in this one. thank you. >>> next, an romney calls on republicans to put an end to the nomination fight. >> it's time to coalesce. it's time to come together. it's time for us to get behind one candidate and get the job done. >> which candidate does she want them to coalesce around? be panel will weigh in on that after the break. what romney is saying about the war in afghanistan and the president's quote, lack of leadership, but does the gop have an afghanistan problem of its own. >>> be white house reacts to the shootings outside a school in france that killed three children and an adult and police have tried the shootings to other deadly attacks just last week. you can join our conversation on any of the stories we follow throughout the hour on my twitter page. we always hear about jobs leaving america. here's a chance to create jobs in america. oil sands projects, like kearl, and the keystone pipeline will provide secure and reliable energy to the united states. over the coming years, projects like these could create more than half a million jobs in the us alone. from the cana

for. >> absolutely. >>> well, to presidential politics now, where mitt romney has picked up more delegates in his quest for the nomination. romney won all 20 delegates at stake in puerto rico because he prevailed with more than 50% of the vote. that puts his delegate total at 521, far ahead of any rival. romney campaigns today in illinois, where he's favored to win tomorrow's primary. rick santorum will also be campaigning in illinois after the weekend appearances in louisiana, refusing calls to step aside. santorum claimed he was in the contest for the long haul because romney is a weak front-runner. he's also challenged romney to a one-on-one debate. >> he needs to put on a fighting illini jersey there. >>> well, president obama talk on america's bullies last night, lending his star power to a documentary aimed at children. his message, bullying is wrong and destructive and it's time to take action. here's abc's tanya rivero. >> punch me. >> reporter: the images in the new documentary film "bully" are difficult to watch. but even harder to live through. president obama lends hi

competitors, mitt romney today attacked the obama administration on rising gas prices. >> we got to get them out and get people in who will bring down the cost of gasoline. >> reporter: with his approval rating slipping, president obama recently defended his record on energy and accused his challengers of oversimplifying a complex problem. while romney argues for more drilling in the u.s., the obama campaign insists global factors are driving up the price of gas. >> they start acting like we got a magic wand and we will give you cheap gas forever. if you just elect us. every time. been the same script for 30 years. >> reporter: four years ago, then candidate obama used higher gas prices as an election year weapon. >> after one president in the pocket of big oil, we can't afford another. >> reporter: this week, in illinois, romney faces another battle with rick santorum. >> if we're able to come out of illinois with a huge or surprise win, i guarantee you, i guarantee you that we will win this nomination. >> reporter: this marathon campaign has led to increased talk that the nomination fight

for the republican presidential nomination, two candidates are rising to the surface in the polls, mitt romney and rick santorum. which one of them has a better shot when it comes to really appealing to the conservative vote? rick santorum says it's him. mitt romney says in the end republicans will support him. how does conservatism play into this race? >> well, i think conservatives want limited government, want economic growth and job creation. and so this comes down to a debate about the size of government, its intrusion and i think the candidate that can best articulate not only a platform but a vision to getting back to constitutional governance is going to be the one that picks up the lion's share of the conservative vote out there. and this is a horse race. people talk about momentum, they talk about delegate count. but at the end of the day it's about who can hit 1144, that's the magic number of delegates, as this campaign moves toward tampa. so, it's a horse race now. illinois this week is going to be a major prize for a candidate although it's proportional allocation of the delegates

las elecciones de noviembre y mitt romney ganÓ esta consulta. los mÁs de 500 colegios electorales de la isla repudiaron la visita de los votantes que se considera una pobre participaciÓn. es bueno recordar que en puerto rico se puede votar en las primarias pero no en la elecciÓn principal. mariana cÓmo se viajÓ hasta san ♪ >> obviamente se llenÓ la papeleta. >> el apoyo del gobernador de puerto rico que es jefe del partido nuevo progresista fue clave para mitt romney. a pesar de ello dijo que esperaba cambios en la postura migratoria de cara a las elecciones presidenciales. >> yo creo que estÁ ahora el tema migratorio, a pesar de que hay grandes generalidades, romney en su momento va a tener que hacer una declaraciÓn mÁs especÍfica sobre este tema. >> no obstante, los lÍderes demÓcratas en la isla criticaron la alianza entre fortuÑo y romney. >> tenemos a un gobernador que respalda a mitt romney y el pueblo de puerto rico se preguntan cÓmo es posible que tengamos a un hombre con polÍticas tan anti puertorriqueÑas como es. >> cientos de miles de puertorriqueÑos part

candidatos republicano. se debe al apoyo, el momento del gobierno que apoya a mitt romney, romney se convirtiÓ en la persona que gana la primaria se dio el apoyo del gobernador de massachusetts y entiende el valor en los estados unidos. >> y sobre las crÍticas sobre romney. y sonia sotomayor y tiene que ver con todo el mundo. t y el estado estÁ poniendo. >> con santorum tiene que ver y utilizando la fuerza, diciendo que era activista. >> bueno, exactamente. pero o sea, ser lÍder de activistas que piensan que son muy buenos. >> no es un asunto de ser conservador liberal demÓcrata y republicano es el asunto que ella representa para todos los puertorriqueÑos. >> para la maÑana las primarias y se trasladan a illinois. >> y crÍtico al presidente obama antes en santorum el conservador angie sandoval y desde chicago. >> ¿quÉ tal? jose muy buenas tardes, los dos candidatos del territorio de obama tratar de eludir es la mejor opciÓn. >> lo que sucede en la maÑana. >> mitt romney se decidiÓ atacar a al presidente de los estados unidos y ha expandido. y judith estÁ de acuerdo por

romney to a one-on-one debate and blasting the former massachusetts governor on several issues, saying his positions are similar to president obama on issues like healthcare, cap and trade and government bailouts, take a listen. >> i'd love to be able to get one-on-one with governor romney and expose the record that would be the weakest record we could possibly put up against barack obama, but still we are hanging in there because people are seeing, they are coming around to the fact that we can't nominate such a weak candidate in the general election. jon: with us now chief political correspondent for the washington examiner and a fox news contributor, byron york. senator santorum wants to debate mitt romney one-on-one. would that be a good idea? >> that is up in the air. debates have been kind of a double end sword for rick santorum. remember at one of the debates in florida he was extremely effective against romney on the issue of romney care, beat him up good on that. at the last debate in mesa, arizona, he made his famous admission that he violated his own position and voted for n

primary. mitt romney leads with 493 delegates, followed by rick santorum with 218. newt gingrich 120 and ron paul with 42. no one is close to the 1,144 needed to clinch the nomination. next week right in the middle of this campaign the supreme court will consider the constitutionality of president obama's health care reform law. so we thought this would be a good time to ask the republicans what they would do about health care. first, dean reynolds with the santorum campaign. dean? >> reporter: scott, senator santorum-- like the other republican candidates-- gets some of his loudest applause when he says his top priority will be to repeal the national health care law which president obama signed two years ago. >> senator, i know you're opposed to the national health care law, but i'm a little vague on what you would do instead of it. >> not romneycare, not obamacare not government mandated health care or government controlled health care. >> reporter: santorum's alternative would be a major overhaul centered on what he calls health savings accounts. they would involve businesses payi

. details coming up. >> the republican primary tomorrow in illinois. a lot is at stake for mitt romney and rick santorum. that story is coming up next. >> more than 14,000 maryland families learned they may lose their homes. consumer advocates are calling for relief, asking the banks to take the mortgage 7 a step further and to launch a new principal reduction program in the next 30 days. >> let's go live downtown for a look at what the protesters want. >> a federal judge has not signed off on the judgment yet, but some consumer advocates are taking a pro-active approach, tight -- trying to get the banks to handle a situation and save more homes. >> out side at wells fargo bank, roger williams explains his frustration and resolved. >> i don't want to give up my home. i'm not giving up my home. >> one of the messages he has asked the maryland rights coalition to take to the bank's losses. >> maryland homeowners have been struggling and they can't afford to wait any longer for relief. we need the banks to act quickly and substantively to help homeowners save their homes. >> the petition

camp to be destroyed. in election news this morning, mitt romney scored another run in the presidential race taking all 20 delegates. the candidates are focused on illinois' primary tomorrow with 54 delegates at stake. it showed over rick santorum another surprise upset because he says romney is another weak front-runner. >> i would love to get one-on- one with governor romney and expose the record that would be the weakest record we could put up against president barack obama. >> i think he has the same as the president, spend his life in government nothing wrong with that but right now we need somebody who understands the economy fundamentally. >> both are deciding to stay ahead. >> here are the initial leads growing 521. newt gingrich 136, rand paul has just 50. now a republican candidate needs 144 delegates to clinch the nomination. they announced this morning they raised $45 million last month. that brings them to 300 million for this election cycle. nearly 350,000 people contributed to the total. he will be holding another fundraiser in washington d.c. tonight. >>> the issue is fu

throughout the night. >>> now politics, mitt romney is riding high after a win in puerto rico. the big vote is on his home turf tomorrow. tonight he's unleashing a secret weapon, his wife. jake tapper reports, tonight is a big test for ann romney. is she the closer who can pull in vital voters, the republican women? >> reporter: today at the university of chicago, hear mitt romney made his pitch to republicans. >> i represent a reclaiming of america's founding principles. >> reporter: but was his wife is what people are interested in. >> what is the legacy leave our children and grandchildren? i'm hearing this from people everywhere. >> music to the ears of cherry griffith, a romney del grat. >> i think she's a strong and beautiful woman. >> polls have him leading in illinois where he needs to show he can win the suburban voters when women who the republicans will need in the wall. romney and santorum run even with republican men in the latest poll. romney beats santorum with women. >> some states we win women and other states we lose. >> analysts say santorum dismisses it as his own peril.

>> this is a fox news alert. puerto rico has voted and mitt romney crushed rick santorum in the republican primary in the caribbean winning over 80 percent of the vote and earning all 20 of the delegates at stake in the u.s. territory that incidentally will vote in november on whether it wants to be a state in the union. here is governor romney an hour ago already in illinois which holds it's primary on tuesday. >> thank you to the people of puerto rico. thank you to governor fortuno and lusa his wife. thank you to all of the people who helped us get this extraordinary victory. 20 delegates, all of the delegates are ours. good news. thank you. >> you will hear from puerto rico go's governor who through his support to mitt romney early on and he is the gop frontrunner tonight. >>> the 38-year-old robert bails accused of perpetrating the massacre in afghanistan is sitting tonight in an isolation cell in fort lev enworth skansa even as john brown his civil defense attorney arrived in kansas trying to get sympathy for bales. he slaughtered 4 men three women and 9 children and

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